49ERS RUMORS & GOSSIP

Aqib Talib and Pierre Garcon mixed it up during a joint practice between their teams. But apparently all’s well that ends well as the two posed for a photo with Von Miller after the practice ended. “At the end of the practice, they were sitting, laughing with each other, talking,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said, [more]

Alex Smith got to witness Colin Kaepernick’s work ethic first-hand when the two were teammates for two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, and he feels it is “crazy” that no team has signed Kaepernick with just three weeks to go until the start of the regular season.Smith was asked about Kaepernick while speaking with reporters on Wednesday, and he had nothing but positive...

Tempers were flaring in a major way Thursday when multiple brawls broke out during joint practices between the San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos.Nicki Jhabvala of the Denver Post was on hand chronicling the fights. There was another fight yesterday that ended when 49ers general manager John Lynch and Broncos head coach Vance Joseph broke it up.Needless to say, these teams are...

San Francisco 49ers rookie linebacker Reuben Foster was listed as limited for Thursday’s joint practice with the Denver Broncos. According to Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee, Foster is dealing with a “mild AC joint sprain in his right shoulder.”Though this is a different specific injury than the one that scared many NFL teams away from drafting Foster in April, the 49ers...

It stands to reason that the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers might be tied at the hip when it comes to potential trades around the NFL.Newly extended Broncos general manager John Elway has a decades-long relationship with first-year 49ers GM John Lynch. Both spent parts of their careers (at different times) with both the Stanford Cardinal and Denver Broncos. They are also...

Rookie Reuben Foster has apparently impressed the Niners coaching staff enough to earn a starting linebacker spot.We are a few weeks into NFL training camps and there are position battles taking place all around the league. One that looks to be decided is starting weak side linebacker for the Niners. On Tuesday, head coach Kyle Shanahan said that position belongs to Foster, at least...

While many people feel Colin Kaepernick is still a free agent because he simply isn’t good enough to be on an NFL roster, one of the most respected talent evaluators in football believes those people are misinformed. In fact, Scot McCloughan thinks Kaepernick is worthy of being a starter.McCloughan, who was the general manager in Washington before an ugly divorce earlier this offseason...

“Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.” — Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’, April 16, 1963As we near the start of the 2017 NFL season, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is still...

Michael Vick found himself in the middle of a media firestorm last month over controversial comments made about Colin Kaepernick’s continued unemployment. If it wasn’t bad enough that the former NFL superstar wasn’t taking a lot of heat in public, it appears his Kaepernick chatter is causing him headaches on the home front as well.Vick became the target of criticism last month...

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